Siteri Sauvakacolo Fiji College of General Practitioners president Dr Ram Raju. Picture: FT FILE The Fiji College of General Practitioners (FCGP) states the public should rest assured that the drug metformin is one of the safest drugs for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. FCGP president Dr Ram Raju said he was compelled to comment after receiving a number of complaints from patients on the statement made by Minister for Health Dr Ifereimi Waqainbete in Parliament recently that metformin was not safe for patients suffering from heart conditions. “The president of the Fiji Pharmaceutical Society has already made a statement that this drug, metformin, is extremely safe and nephrologist Dr Amrish Krishnan also made a similar statement recently,” Dr Raju said.